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Runaway Slave Act
Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 which requires any federal official to arrest anyone suspected of being a runaway slave. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published by Harriet Tubman. It helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War. -
Dred Scot v. Sanford
Case that led to Congress upholding slavery. -
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American Civil War
The Union and Confederate armies fought each other. -
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases
Ida B. Wells publishes her pamphlet Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases. Date Unknown. -
United States Colored Troops
U.S. Army recruits United States Colored Troops. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln announces the Emancipation Proclamation. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the eleven states that were still in rebellion, excluding areas controlled by the Union and thus applying to 3 million of the 4 million slaves in the U.S. at the time. -
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan is formed in Pulaski, Tennessee, made up of white Confederate veterans; it becomes a paramilitary insurgent group to enforce white supremacy -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Supreme Court upholds the racial segregation of "separate but equal" facilities -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Planned first meeting of group which would become the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), an interracial group devoted to civil rights. -
Rosa Parks Bus Incident
Rosa Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled.
